UHF (1989 Dave’s Pick)

The eleventh episode of our season on the awesome movie year of 1989 features our producer David Rosen’s personal pick, “Weird Al” Yankovic’s UHF. Written by Yankovic and his longtime manager and music video director Jay Levey, directed by Levey and starring Yankovic, Michael Richards, Kevin McCarthy, Victoria Jackson and David Bowe, UHF was a financial and critical failure at the time of its release but went on to become a cult classic.

The contemporary reviews quoted in this episode come from Roger Ebert (https://www.rogerebert.com/reviews/uhf-1989), Desson Thomson in the Washington Post (https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/style/longterm/movies/videos/uhfpg13howe_a0c880.htm), and Michael Wilmington in the Los Angeles Times (https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1989-07-21-ca-4050-story.html).